• Separatists challenge FG to prove it’s a terrorist organisation. • Presidency: Marauding herdsmen are criminals, not terrorists. • North ready for dialogue, Saraki saved govt from embarrassment, says Nothern Elders' Forum (NEF). • Ohanaeze preaches peace in Sokoto France has denied the allegation made by the federal government that the financial headquarters of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was in its country. The denial by France came on the heels of the demand by the separatist group challenging the federal government to show proof that it is a terrorist organisation. This is just as the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), a major socio-cultural group in the North, has indicated that the North was ready for dialogue on the legitimate concerns being raised on the structure of the Nigerian state. Political Counsellor, Claude Abily of the French Embassy in Nigeria, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja Thursday, expressed shock over ...